Some months ago the same happened in Belgium at the airport of Sint Truiden
EBST where a Squale was molested in a closed hangar. The Rotax 912 ULS was
sawn from the fuselage as well as the instrument panel. Even the propeller
was sawn so that we can presume they did it to store the stolen goods in a
small van. If you ask me to follow the traces then I should go East, but I
don't know where.
Karel Vranken. F-PKRL
----- Original Message -----
From: "flyingphil2" <ptiller@lolacars.com>
Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 12:39 PM
Subject: Europa-List: Security of your aircraft
>
> Dear All,
>
> Just a bit of info that aircraft owners should be aware of. In the UK
> last weekend, a glider was stolen from the gliding club at Dunstable
> airfield. The glider in question was an EB28 which is a nearly new, large
> and very impressive (and expensive) 2 seat "super ship" glider. The
> trailer was found dumped 7 miles away and the front cockpit and engine bay
> had literally been sawn off and removed.
>
> Some pictures can be found here:
>
> http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/segelflugszene/news.html?news_jsp=olc0712#071212
>
> It is presumed that this was done to get the engine and associated
> instruments and I've heard of some similar stories with power aircraft.
> I've also heard that in Germany, approximately 60 Rotax engines have been
> stolen from turbo and motor gliders in the last year.
> It looks like there is now a market for stolen engines, one where serial
> numbers and honest inspectors will not be an issue. The common belief is
> that they are going East to be put into microlights.
>
> So, wherever you keep you aircraft just beware, this seems to be a growing
> problem that has now found its way to the UK.
>
> Phil
>
>
> Visit - www.EuropaOwners.org
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